A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 106 kilometers (66 miles) from Nuku`alofa in Tonga. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:21:26 / 9:21 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us700057wp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700057wp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/19 / 2019-08-24 21:21:26 / August 24, 2019 @ 9:21 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.6088 West, latitude -20.2483 South, depth = 212.33 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 212.33 km (132 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Tonga (c. 123 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Nuku‘alofa (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuku‘alofa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 106 km NNW of Nuku`alofa, Tonga. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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